Louisiana swamp – part one

April 25, 2016 by Created by RCW

This past week, I had the luxury of visiting New Orleans on behalf of a magazine for which I write (DDNews). And not one to let an opportunity pass, a friend and I decided to take a swamp tour in Breaux Bridge, a small town outside Lafayette.

My thanks to Cajun Country Swamp Tours for what easily has to be the most enthralling two hours of my life.

: Only 5 of 30 original siblings had survived the Spring

: Our boat overstayed its welcome as mama slowly rose from the water

: Not even close to the biggest dragonflies I saw around the swamp

: The little blue heron watched us take off from the jetty

: The eagle was so high above me, I was surprised to get this much detail

: The red was so much deeper than that on the cardinals back home

: It was so still, I wondered if the guides posted it there

: The great blue heron is complete focus as it watches for its prey

: The cormorant dries its wings under a canopy of Spanish moss

: The great blue heron launches from the shoreline

: The snowy egret does a dance across an island of weeds

: The sun was too bright to capture the green plummage

: Any square inch of water surface could hide a predator

: The great blue heron practically skims the water in flight

Still waiting, Spring!

April 15, 2016 by Created by RCW

In an ironic twist on an otherwise mild winter in Toronto, the month of April has been our snowiest month…and we’re only half way through the month. That said, it was gorgeous on Thursday, so I took advantage and wandered down to the boardwalk with my camera.

: Unlike his skittish neighbours, this one was patient with me

: He seemed as inquisitive of me as I of him

: Buried among the branches, a sparrow spies on me

: A grey squirrel munches atop the trees

: Remnants of winter decorations

: Downtown Toronto rises along the waters of Lake Ontario

Prufrock goes to Starbucks

April 11, 2016 by Created by RCW

(Photo used without permission)

Black coffee roils,

Bitterness unsweetened;

Spoonless days led

Without purpose;

Life unstirred.

SomeTV! spreads like herpes at Burning Man

April 1, 2016 by Created by RCW

Nicholas Lemon (left) and Kevin Scott completely ignore the script…again.

After a successful run in the City of Toronto – success measured by lack of lawsuits – SomeTV! is spreading its infectious laughter into the suburbs…specifically Peel and York regions of the GTA.

Don’t know what SomeTV! is?

Imagine a short-armed tennis ball fluffer boxing with your uvula via your rectum. Got it? Well, SomeTV! is nothing like that (but now you have plans for the weekend).

Uvula boxing champion Kevin Scott (with Nicholas Lemon)

SomeTV! is what happens when fans of The Muppet Show and Monty Python’s Flying Circus don’t listen to reason, and go all Andy Hardy with puppets and Canadian actors.

Or perhaps our God-head Nicholas Lemon explains it better in this clip from a Toronto talk show:

In any event, once we scab over and the blemishes stop itching, we are hoping to take this phenomenon worldwide – pending a CDC and WHO investigation. Wish us luck…and ointment.

Ignorance_timeless

Marlies vs IceCaps – 16.03.29

March 31, 2016 by Created by RCW

Closing out a 12-game regular season series on Tuesday, the Toronto Marlies played host to the St. John’s IceCaps, AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens. Despite Toronto’s amazing record – still first overall in the AHL with a 0.730 win percentage – the IceCaps have been a particular thorn all season long. But not this night.

Although the game was closer than the final score may indicate, the Marlies came out on top in this game 4-0, the two teams splitting the season 6-6.

: Tim Bozon just misses a rebound as Ty Stanton fights for possession

: Shane Conacher trips over Eddie Pasquale chasing loose puck

: Matt Frattin ties up Brandon MacNally as Antoine Bibeau focuses on the shot

: Brett Lernout swipes a rolling puck from a yawning open net

: Richard Clune watches a puck sail past Eddie Pasquale

: Through traffic, Antoine Bibeau makes a glove save

: Kasperi Kapanen tries a pass through traffic

: Tobias Lindberg opens the scoring with a shot through the five hole

: Brendan Leipsic gets 5 for boarding Gabriel Dumont and a 10-min misconduct

: Frederik Gauthier leans into the faceoff against Gabriel Dumont

: Sam Carrick celebrates his third period tally

: Matt Frattin can’t break the puck from his skates

Game highlights

Reach

March 23, 2016 by Created by RCW

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Marlies edge Phantoms – 16.03.18

March 22, 2016 by Created by RCW

On Friday, the Toronto Marlies took on the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, AHL farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Despite being first in the league, the Marlies had been playing poorly lately and needed a win, which they managed by coming back from a 2-0 deficit late in the third period to win the game 3-2 in overtime. (Game highlights here.)

: Alex Stalock watches a play develop in practice

: Anthony Stolarz works on his mental game in warm up

: T. J. Brennan takes no chances in checking the Lehigh forward

: From one knee, Eric Faille just misses on a one-timer

: Colin Smith refuses to give up size, chasing for the loose puck

: Tim Brent takes his chances, diving into a crowd of defenders

: Dalton Smith and Taylor Doherty challenge each other as teammates look on

: Alex Stalock holds back, letting Marlies Captain Andrew Campbell clear the puck

: Brendan Leipsic just misses on a juicy rebound and wide open net behind Anthony Stolarz

: Anthony Stolarz just manages to block the shot with his toe

: Alex Stalock scrambles across his crease to prevent a late wrap-around attempt

Early birds of Spring

March 21, 2016 by Created by RCW

Just over a week ago, I took a few days to wander through different parks and nature trails crisscrossing Toronto…and even with a warm spell melting the snow, I was surprised at how many local birds had already started to make their presence known locally.

: Dazzled by its own beauty, the swan feeds slowly

: One of a cluster of robins feasting on last autumn’s remains

: Emerald shimmers greet the day

: A sparrow finds refuge among the tangled branches

: A national symbol not too proud to beg

: A gull awaits the first sign of food or threat

: Securely out of reach, a female mallard rests

: A wary robin watches from the underbrush

: Deep-diving ducks do their best to elude the photographer

: A sparrow tries to fluff dry after a bath

: Balletic moves by a swan on a lake

: A chubby sparrow waits its turn at the creek

: Mallard drake dries its wings after a bath

: Grabbing a quick snack among the shrubs

SomeTV! is alive!

March 4, 2016 by Created by RCW

SomeTV! poster

As some of my ever-patient followers of long ago may remember, there was a time that I co-wrote a sketch comedy show called SomeTV!, that we essentially described as the love-child of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and The Muppet Show.

Like any good creative project, this was a labour of love and mass insecurity…and took for-freakin’-ever to see the light of day. Well, seems that day is next Friday (March 11) at 10 pm (ET).

Kevin Scott

In its inaugural run, SomeTV! will air as a one-hour special on Rogers Television in Toronto (think Wayne’s World), but it should be available shortly thereafter online. So happy to see this project and all the hard work that went into it (not just mine) finally come to life.

Still waiting for my producer, director and Godhead Nicholas Lemon to post the teaser trailer…will update this post when he does!

See also:

Writing for puppets

SomeTV Pulse

Feather perfect

March 1, 2016 by Created by RCW

While heading to a hockey game last weekend, I came across this little fellow who was really working his feathers into place.

Shoulder fluff Wing tuck Belly nudge

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Seer of the invisible, scribe of the unwritten

Louisiana swamp – part one

Still waiting, Spring!

Prufrock goes to Starbucks

SomeTV! spreads like herpes at Burning Man

Marlies vs IceCaps – 16.03.29

Reach

Marlies edge Phantoms – 16.03.18

Early birds of Spring

SomeTV! is alive!

Feather perfect

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